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@Statist tstrs atmt @titre Letters Patent No. 77,334, datedtlprl 28,1868. I

IMPROVED FoLDINe Bausteinen CRIB.'-

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN: i

13e it known that I, R. S. TITOOMB, ol Gloversvlle, in the county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding B'edstead or Grib; and I do hereby deel-are that theffollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will Aenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is an inside view of one of the end parts of the bedstead or crib.

Figure lf! is the same view as fig. 1, but showing thefoot-bar of the bed-frame turned into a horizonte position. I A l Figure 3- is a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line x x, iig. 2.

Figure 4f is'a detail sectional view of the same, taken through the line y y, fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of my improved bedstcad or crib, patented December 17, 1867, so as to niakc it morc'strong, durable, and convenient; andv'it consists lin thccombination of the guard-plates with theend-hars of the bed-frame, with the p'osts, andwith the central or stationary part 'of the endboards, as hereinafter more fully described,

A are the posts of thebedstead. B are the endlor folding parts of the-end-board, and C is the stationary part of s'aidend-board. Dvis the ond or cross-bar of the bed-frame, which is pivoted atits centreto the lowerpart of the central or stationary part C of the end-board, or to a supporting-'block attached to said part.

E arc plates attached to the posts-A, and projecting inward parallel' with the end-board B C, and one of which plates has a-shoulder, e', formed upon its inner side, which acts as a stop to receive and support the plate F att-ached to the inner sides of the endsofY the cross or end-bars D of the bed-frame. lhis supports one end of the cross-bars of thc bed-frame, their otherends being supported by bolts.

To the upper part of the 'central or stationary part C of the end-boards are attached plates, G, with which the plates F, attached to the cross-'hars D, interlock to hold the said bed-frame securely in place when turned into a vertical position. The guard-plates Gr may also have shoulders or stops formed upon them, if desired..

By this construction the'cox-nenof the bedstead,` when' the bed-frame is turned into a horizontal position for use, are made firm and substantial,soas-to make the bedstead firmer, stronger, and more durable than when the corners are not protected by-said plates.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of the plates F, attached to the bars D of the bed-frame, with the plates E, secured to the posts A, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthepurpose set forth.

2. The combination of the plates F, attached to the bars D of the bed-frame, with the plates G, secured to the stationary part C of the end-boards, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

' n. s. TITCOMB.

Witnesses:

Wnmrs BILLINGHAM, J. G. WARD. 

